Daily Digest for Thursday, 3/8

* The Senate will take up SB 1368, which would authorize state agencies to allow for random drug testing of employees. The bill would also permit the agencies to fire any employee who receives a first-time positive drug test result. The House already passed the measure.

* A controversial education proposal, known as "parent trigger," is scheduled for the Senate floor. SB 1718 would enable parents at low-performing schools to demand sweeping changes, including transforming the school into a charter school. The House passed the companion bill.

* The Senate will take up SB 2074, which would increase training requirements for workers at assisted living facilities and impose fines on homes with violations. A similar bill has already passed the House.

* SB 2044, known as the "Barahona bill," is scheduled for the Senate floor. The bill would change procedures for the abuse hotline, allow the Department of Children and Families to close an investigation it deems false, and require DCF to maintain an electronic child welfare case file for each child. A similar bill passed in the House.

* A bill critics say targets Islam is up in the Senate. SB 1360 would ban foreign law in Florida courts. So, for example, a judge could not consider foreign law when settling marriage or custody disputes. The House companion passed.